With wholesale availability of IPv6 on the Comcast network, the next steps include making IPv6 available to Comcast’s business and residential broadband customers.
“Comcast plans to enter into broadband IPv6 technical trials later this year and into 2010,” Tishgart said. “Planning for general deployment is underway.”
There are some key challenges however that will need to be overcome before IPv6 becomes pervasive in the residential broadband space. One of those challenges is the availability of home networking gear that supports IPv6.
“Much of the equipment that broadband subscribers use at home today may not support IPv6,” Tishgart said. “The advancement of IPv6 in the broadband home networking space will be critical to the long term deployment of IPv6.”
Source [ Internetnews.com ]
